MLB The Show 16 News Post

Details on Classic Stadiums, Open/Closed Roofs, Animations & More For MLB The Show 16

12:30 PM - December 16, 2015 by tnixen

IGN has posted a new MLB The Show 16 video, featuring Sony San Diego's Ramone Russell walking through the recently released trailer and going over many more details about the game.

Below are some of the details, but watch the entire video here.

All appropriate stadiums will have open and closed roof options (option for open or closed in Exhibition/Online games, for RTTS and Franchise, it will depend on the weather for that day)

Physically Based Rendering - Makes wood look like wood, glass look like glass, concrete look like concrete, etc...

Showtime - Slows down critical moments (dive plays, hot corner reactions, steal attempts, pressure batting moments) to give the user more precise control. Showtime is only seen in RTTS in Player Lock and it will be an optional feature you can turn on/off.

Added over 100 signature home run swings, tons of new pitcher reaction animations, so they get out of the way of the ball and not get hit as much.

Briefly went over HumanIK, which fixes transitional animations from years past, but more will be revealed in the future.

Added over 50 new double play animations, over 100 dive/throw animations, 3 brand new running styles (small, athletic, lumbering)

Conquest mode - More to be revealed later, as it is too big to cover in this particular video

Another mode that wasn't shown in the trailer, will be revealed at a later date.

Return of classic stadiums - Forbes Field, Shibe Park, Sportsman Park, Polo Grounds, Crosley Field, Griffith Park

6 new legends revealed, but more to come. All legends from last year will return.

2 new Diamond Dynasty card types - Rookie and Prime

Credit to ryanmc564 for finding this!

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# 41 garyjr33 @ 12/16/15 07:28 PM

Great info. Expect a great game again this year. These 3 months are going to be tough again this year. NHL and Madden should hold me over this year though since they are both great this year compared to last year. Haha.

# 42 tabarnes19_SDS @ 12/16/15 07:35 PM

Excited to see and hear about all the changes. Nice work!!

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# 43 Shakedowncapo @ 12/16/15 07:48 PM

Pre-order MLB: The Show 16 MVP Edition to receive 10 standard item packs and a MLB: The Show 16 highlight player rookie card when the game launches

MVP Edition includes a copy of MLB: The Show 16, 5,000 Stubs, one sponsor pack, 10 standard packs, 31 PlayStation 4 avatars and one Opening Day pack
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Taken from Bestbuys website. So if I'm reading that correctly, if we pre-order the MVP edition we'll get an additional 10 standard card packs, equaling 20? If we don't pre-order the MVP edition, we'll just get the 10 standard packs that come with it?!

Just hope I'm understanding that correctly.

# 44 taylor89 @ 12/16/15 07:52 PM

I'm assuming they are going to have the same commentary team again for 16, which is my only complaint. Other than that, the game looks good from what we have seen so far.

# 45 mkilcNYR @ 12/16/15 08:00 PM

Closed Rogers Centre roof for my Jays makes me beyond excited. HumanIK really intrigues me. Just yesterday I had my Rays franchise running and Archer must've gotten hit at least 3 times so hard that I was waiting for an injury box to pop up. If this means that they can get out of the way of those comebacks and reduce pitchers getting hit then I am all for it. Already preordered and I can't wait for March to be here already!

# 46 Spokker @ 12/16/15 08:08 PM

Very awesome presentation. Love the physically based rendering and I'm hoping it really makes the game shine when they turn it on throughout the game, not just the dugout.

Loved Russell saying that pitchers won't be hit as much by balls hit up the middle. Now there's an understatement haha.

If the $40 price point is any indication, they are going to start weaning The Show off of the PS3.

# 47 earthlight897 @ 12/16/15 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by taylor89


	I'm assuming they are going to have the same commentary team again for 16, which is my only complaint. Other than that, the game looks good from what we have seen so far.

That would be unacceptable, guess I'll wait till 17

# 48 JKSportsGamer1984 @ 12/16/15 08:22 PM

This being year 3 on the PS4, I expect the frame rate to be rock solid across the board (especially during cut scenes & batter walk ups).

# 49 nemesis04 @ 12/16/15 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by PhilliesFan13


	Thank God. Now the constant complaining about it can stop. Sent from my SPH-L720T using Tapatalk

Player models will be the new torch.

# 50 ozcore @ 12/16/15 08:32 PM

i really hope we hear soon if the new d-backs unis are in the game

# 51 nemesis04 @ 12/16/15 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ozcore


	i really hope we hear soon if the new d-backs unis are in the game

You get a couple good players in FA and you think you are important now?

# 52 Godgers12 @ 12/16/15 08:38 PM

This is nice and all. But all I really want is sortable season/career/rookie/position stats, an owner mode, and an advanced stadium creator, even more advanced than 2k's, is that too much to ask for?

# 53 Godgers12 @ 12/16/15 08:39 PM

This is nice and all. But all I really want is sortable season/career/rookie/position stats, an owner mode, and an advanced stadium creator, even more advanced than 2k's, is that too much to ask for?

# 54 ShowTyme15 @ 12/16/15 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ozcore


	i really hope we hear soon if the new d-backs unis are in the game

Pretty sure they'll be in. We just don't know how many.

# 55 dansaint @ 12/16/15 09:00 PM

I'm excited! This looks and sounds VERY promising

# 56 WaitTilNextYear @ 12/16/15 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Godgers12


	This is nice and all. But all I really want is sortable season/career/rookie/position stats, an owner mode, and an advanced stadium creator, even more advanced than 2k's, is that too much to ask for?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Godgers12


	This is nice and all. But all I really want is sortable season/career/rookie/position stats, an owner mode, and an advanced stadium creator, even more advanced than 2k's, is that too much to ask for?

Is not making a double post too much to ask for?

But seriously, I do think a stadium creator is too much to ask for at this point--at least too much for a single dev cycle. As was mentioned elsewhere, there is so much unique about each ballpark that doing it RIGHT would be an incredibly daunting task--I mean the other new mode could simply be "ballpark creator mode" and it would be engrossing by itself. Heck, they're still working on the 30 real ballparks and ironing things out! I'm sure SCEA could've done a stadium creator half-assed already, but that they haven't speaks volumes.

# 57 Knight165 @ 12/16/15 09:21 PM

IDK....

I think they would love to add in a stadium builder of some kind.....but with the complexity of the stadiums in game.....it seems daunting.

I wonder if they did, would they look even marginal?....and I don't think SCEA wants that.

M.K.
Knight165

# 58 Speedy @ 12/16/15 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Turbojugend


	Also, it appears as though low-res dugouts are finally a thing of the past.

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Originally Posted by tnixen


	Physically Based Rendering - Makes wood look like wood, glass look like glass, concrete look like concrete, etc...

I'm curious about this.

Ramone said it was ONLY turned on for the home dugout but nothing else. I wonder what the field looks like and whether it will be more crisp? What about the stands and even outfield walls?

# 59 ShowTyme15 @ 12/16/15 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Knight165


	IDK.... I think they would love to add in a stadium builder of some kind.....but with the complexity of the stadiutms in game.....it seems daunting. I wonder if they did, would they look even marginal?....and I don't think SCEA wants that. M.K. Knight165

I wouldn't mind if they did what ASB did back in the day with Future Stadiums and 8 pre-built stadiums for expansion mode. IDK if they can do any of that, but it's just a thought/starting point.

# 60 Spokker @ 12/16/15 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Speedy


	I'm curious about this. Ramone said it was ONLY turned on for the home dugout but nothing else. I wonder what the field looks like and whether it will be more crisp? What about the stands and even outfield walls?

Physically based rendering involves the way light bounces, reflects or otherwise interacts with objects in the game world. Each object is given different characteristics such as reflectivity, opacity, absorption, diffusion and refractivity. This is part of the reason why next-gen games like Star Wars Battlefront look so good. It's one of the key differences between last-gen and this gen, and its absence in MLB The Show is why some people think it looks last-gen still, in my opinion.

Where I think it would really shine is in tandem with the time of day settings. As the sun moves through the sky and sets, objects will look more realistic under the different lighting conditions.

I don't know how far they are going to take it, but in theory it means that the outfield walls would look more like the material they are made out of, and light will interact with them more realistically.

So it really depends on how far they push it. All Ramone said is that it wasn't turned on throughout the entire trailer.

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